DescriptionDavid Trumpy Bridge, Ipswich, ca 1987. Named after Dr David Trumpy, Medical Superintendent at Ipswich General Hospital from 1920-1967. Dr Trumpy was awarded an M.B.E. in 1960 for his dedication to the medical profession and passed away in 1979 at the age of 71 years. The bridge was opened on 26 June 1965 by the Queensland Administrator Sir Alan Mansfield and was attended by Mayor J.T. Finnimore. The bridge comprised of six spans and at the time included the longest single welded steel girder span in Australia. The railway line between Hancock’s Sawmill, the former wharfs and the Railway Workshops can be seen between the trees and the bridge pylons.
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